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At this point, can you really separate the two? Most of Bezos’s wealth is tied up in Amazon, and he is virtually in control of the company.
by stygiansonic 8y ago
At this point, can you really separate the two? Most of Bezos’s wealth is tied up in Amazon, and he is virtually in control of the company.
- baud147258 8y agoWell it's not directly out of his pockets. It might impact this year's bottom line, but he didn't paid the 1M directly.
- the_duke 8y agoAccording to Bloomberg [1] he owns "just" 16.4 percent. Sure, he is CEO and probably has a large influence on the board too. But just based on stock, he doesn't even seem to have a blocking minority. (Unless he has a lot of preferred shares of some kind).
- astrodust 8y agoHe's the shot-caller. Nobody else has that much influence in the company.